Lynn
@gondolynn.bsky.social
He/him. Book nerd.
I'm here for the memes and Tolkien-discourse.
I'm here for the memes and Tolkien-discourse.
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this unprecedented momentum behind a single issue sure might be a useful fulcrum to try and wrench this country back from over the brink
74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it, according to YouGov polling from last month.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 AM
this unprecedented momentum behind a single issue sure might be a useful fulcrum to try and wrench this country back from over the brink
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump: ‘We should take over the voting’
Trump, as usual, offered no evidence for any of his claims.
www.democracydocket.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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With the latest Epstein drop, just think that Biden had all these incredibly damning files just sitting there for a whole 4 years and instead of doing *anything* with them he did a genocide.
January 31, 2026 at 8:32 PM
With the latest Epstein drop, just think that Biden had all these incredibly damning files just sitting there for a whole 4 years and instead of doing *anything* with them he did a genocide.
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There's no way you can keep funding a federal government who's primary mission is to inflict pain on the population. Every federal agency from McMahon at DoE to RFK shredding HHS and everything in between. Every day we let them stay open is more time we'll need to repair the damage they've done
Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael.
On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition.
ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition.
ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says
Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complications related to Pompe disease.
people.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:59 PM
There's no way you can keep funding a federal government who's primary mission is to inflict pain on the population. Every federal agency from McMahon at DoE to RFK shredding HHS and everything in between. Every day we let them stay open is more time we'll need to repair the damage they've done
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it doesn't matter if you don't want to have this fight, it doesn't even matter if it's not politically optimal to have this fight
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
it doesn't matter if you don't want to have this fight, it doesn't even matter if it's not politically optimal to have this fight
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
The best new characters so far are Lionel Baratheon's antlers closely followed by the editor splicing in cuts of Ser Arlan. Everybody else is great too but man, they're really the best.
#KnightOfTheSevenKingdoms
#KnightOfTheSevenKingdoms
January 19, 2026 at 3:49 AM
The best new characters so far are Lionel Baratheon's antlers closely followed by the editor splicing in cuts of Ser Arlan. Everybody else is great too but man, they're really the best.
#KnightOfTheSevenKingdoms
#KnightOfTheSevenKingdoms
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We all bemoan the death of places we can go without spending money. Knowledge cartels already exist (see academic publishing) but this is an enclosure of the *process* of thinking. As such, it's actually a logical extension of Enlightenment thinking re the individual as enclosed body
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We all bemoan the death of places we can go without spending money. Knowledge cartels already exist (see academic publishing) but this is an enclosure of the *process* of thinking. As such, it's actually a logical extension of Enlightenment thinking re the individual as enclosed body
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There's another weird wrinkle here: if the federal government can sue states for legislating AI, then I imagine it becomes possible for the government (or another federal actor) to sue states for regulating other kinds of technologies.
This could possibly lead somewhere very bad.
This could possibly lead somewhere very bad.
1) There is no legal basis on which such an executive order against state-level "AI" regulation could possibly be enforced. No state or institution should comply w/ this in advance. Many will, obviously, because every EO this man puts out is a set of marching orders for his cronies; but none should.
NEW: Trump Takes Aim at State AI Laws in Draft Executive Order
All the deets + more w/ @mzeff.bsky.social (it's his first WIRED byline yay!!!!)
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
All the deets + more w/ @mzeff.bsky.social (it's his first WIRED byline yay!!!!)
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
There's another weird wrinkle here: if the federal government can sue states for legislating AI, then I imagine it becomes possible for the government (or another federal actor) to sue states for regulating other kinds of technologies.
This could possibly lead somewhere very bad.
This could possibly lead somewhere very bad.
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Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
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Charlotte Area: This is the link for the Carolina Migrant Network
carolinamigrantnetwork.org
Now is a good time to keep their information handy. Donating to them, if you can, is another good thing you could do.
carolinamigrantnetwork.org
Now is a good time to keep their information handy. Donating to them, if you can, is another good thing you could do.
Carolina Migrant Network – Representing Immigrants in Removal Proceedings
carolinamigrantnetwork.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Charlotte Area: This is the link for the Carolina Migrant Network
carolinamigrantnetwork.org
Now is a good time to keep their information handy. Donating to them, if you can, is another good thing you could do.
carolinamigrantnetwork.org
Now is a good time to keep their information handy. Donating to them, if you can, is another good thing you could do.
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I'm not trying to be mean, but racists who believe Trump betrayed them by being a child molester are not going to embrace the Democratic Party without forcing that party to embrace racism. And the people gained would in no way make up for those lost.
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I'm not trying to be mean, but racists who believe Trump betrayed them by being a child molester are not going to embrace the Democratic Party without forcing that party to embrace racism. And the people gained would in no way make up for those lost.
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Supreme Court suggests that Kim Davis go fuck herself and/or one of her 37 ex-husbands.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Supreme Court suggests that Kim Davis go fuck herself and/or one of her 37 ex-husbands.
This to me was the leverage that got Schumer's henchmen to cave.
American Airlines PAC has them bought and paid for and they refuse to let a little thing like the ACA get in the way of the money made during the Holiday Season.
American Airlines PAC has them bought and paid for and they refuse to let a little thing like the ACA get in the way of the money made during the Holiday Season.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This to me was the leverage that got Schumer's henchmen to cave.
American Airlines PAC has them bought and paid for and they refuse to let a little thing like the ACA get in the way of the money made during the Holiday Season.
American Airlines PAC has them bought and paid for and they refuse to let a little thing like the ACA get in the way of the money made during the Holiday Season.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Did women ruin the workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Did women ruin the workplace?
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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If you are a Democratic senator watching these results and the lesson you take is "I should cave and help Republicans reopen the government for nothing more than a promise written on toilet paper" then you shouldn't be in the Senate anymore
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If you are a Democratic senator watching these results and the lesson you take is "I should cave and help Republicans reopen the government for nothing more than a promise written on toilet paper" then you shouldn't be in the Senate anymore
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I don't know why people aren't having more kids. We've tried everything from soaring inflation, suppressing wages, stripping rights, destroying public services, making literally everything more expensive, making literally everything more expensive in a different way, and sending in the marines
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I don't know why people aren't having more kids. We've tried everything from soaring inflation, suppressing wages, stripping rights, destroying public services, making literally everything more expensive, making literally everything more expensive in a different way, and sending in the marines
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Seeing people praise Nancy Pelosi while she’s profited every day in office from literal insider trading….
She’s not a good person just because she isn’t a republican, you guys. Please grow the fuck up :)
She’s not a good person just because she isn’t a republican, you guys. Please grow the fuck up :)
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Seeing people praise Nancy Pelosi while she’s profited every day in office from literal insider trading….
She’s not a good person just because she isn’t a republican, you guys. Please grow the fuck up :)
She’s not a good person just because she isn’t a republican, you guys. Please grow the fuck up :)
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They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”
After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”
And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.
After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”
And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.
The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
October 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”
After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”
And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.
After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”
And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.
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It’s eugenics. They are not actually fundamentally against modern health practices. They are creating disinformational confusion around them in order to eliminate undesirables in society.
So, people who have at-risk relatives, or kids, or pregnant women struggle to get the Covid booster.
But Trump can just waltz over to Walter Reed to get his... www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
But Trump can just waltz over to Walter Reed to get his... www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump gets Covid vaccine and flu shot during second checkup of the year
The visit, which the White House described Wednesday as a "yearly check-up," was his second examination at Walter Reed in six months.
www.nbcnews.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It’s eugenics. They are not actually fundamentally against modern health practices. They are creating disinformational confusion around them in order to eliminate undesirables in society.
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This is the essence of it to me.
If the price of groceries is a kitchen table issue, then being too afraid of masked men -- who demand to see your identification while showing none of their own -- kidnapping you or your neighbors on the grocery store surely is a kitchen table issue too
If the price of groceries is a kitchen table issue, then being too afraid of masked men -- who demand to see your identification while showing none of their own -- kidnapping you or your neighbors on the grocery store surely is a kitchen table issue too
August 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is the essence of it to me.
If the price of groceries is a kitchen table issue, then being too afraid of masked men -- who demand to see your identification while showing none of their own -- kidnapping you or your neighbors on the grocery store surely is a kitchen table issue too
If the price of groceries is a kitchen table issue, then being too afraid of masked men -- who demand to see your identification while showing none of their own -- kidnapping you or your neighbors on the grocery store surely is a kitchen table issue too
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I am going to keep screaming this EVERY time:
do you know how fucking many hoops animal behaviorists have to jump through to get research alleging that animals feel happiness or sadness published
and the WALL STREET JOURNAL prints that LINES OF CODE WITH NO BRAIN STEM can SELF REFLECT
do you know how fucking many hoops animal behaviorists have to jump through to get research alleging that animals feel happiness or sadness published
and the WALL STREET JOURNAL prints that LINES OF CODE WITH NO BRAIN STEM can SELF REFLECT
July 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I am going to keep screaming this EVERY time:
do you know how fucking many hoops animal behaviorists have to jump through to get research alleging that animals feel happiness or sadness published
and the WALL STREET JOURNAL prints that LINES OF CODE WITH NO BRAIN STEM can SELF REFLECT
do you know how fucking many hoops animal behaviorists have to jump through to get research alleging that animals feel happiness or sadness published
and the WALL STREET JOURNAL prints that LINES OF CODE WITH NO BRAIN STEM can SELF REFLECT